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194 Madison County residents in their seventies test positive for COVID-19

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As of August 16, there have been 194 Madison County residents in their seventies who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 3,969 residents in their seventies in the county who had been tested, meaning that four percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through August 16, there have been 3,111 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 85 deaths from the coronavirus in Madison County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in Madison County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
August 1648,2323,1116.5
August 1547,5033,0516.4
August 1446,6942,9696.4
August 1345,8752,8556.2
August 1245,0552,7776.2
August 1144,3812,7026.1
August 1043,7032,6346.0
August 943,5182,5916.0
August 842,6872,5305.9
August 741,9742,4705.9

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